Nutan Prasad

 ( 1945 Births ) 

Tadinada Varaprasad popularly known as Nutan Prasad (12 December 1945 – 30 March 2011) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Telugu cinema and Telugu theatre. He was a native of Kaikaluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. He started his film acting career in the early 1970s, and has received four state Nandi Awards. He died due to prolonged illness at the age of 65.

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Career In a career spanning over three decades, he acted in about a hundred films in myriad roles ranging from a villain to comedian among others.

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Debut and recognition Nutan Prasad started his acting career with the play Naa Votu in Guntur. His debut movie was Andala Ramudu, starring along with Akkineni Nageshwara Rao in the year 1973. He continued his acting career with movies like Needaleni Aadadi, and his first major break as an actor with potential came from the movie Muthyala Muggu; he acted as a villain along with Rao Gopal Rao.

His acting career reached its peak with the movie Rajadhi Raju in which he acted as Satan. The movie became a hit and the song choreographed on him "Kotta Devudandi", is still popular today. Nutan Prasad costarred with all the generations of heroes. He starred in successful movies like Patnam Vachina Pativratalu, Khaidi, Magamaharaju, Srivariki Premalekha, Kathanayakudu, and Aha Naa Pellanta.

Prasad was known for his dialogues like " Desham chala klista paristhiti lo undi" () and " Nootokka jillalaku andagadni" (). The latter was adapted as a title for the film Nootokka Jillala Andagadu (2021).

After a major accident on the sets of the movie, Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he was confined to wheelchair. He then quit acting in movies fulltime and appeared in guest roles. He also did voiceover and commentary for serials and movies. He dubbed for late Gummadi in Aayanaki Iddaru (1995). Nutan Prasad became the narrator of the hit crime reality show in ETV-2 Neralu Ghoralu. He was appreciated by the Telugu TV audience for his narrative style and voice in Neralu Ghoralu.

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Accident on the sets of Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata In 1989, while shooting for the film Bamma Maata Bangaru Baata, he met with an accident with his costar, Rajendra Prasad and broke his back. The accident left him paralysed from the waist down and he was confined to wheelchair.

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Death He died after prolonged illness at the age of 65 years on 30 March 2011 in Hyderabad.

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Awards

Nandi Awards(in Telugu language)

• Best Supporting Actor– Sundari Subbarao (1984)
• Best Villain– Praja Swamyam (1987)
• Best Villain– Nava Bharatam (1988)
• Best Supporting Actor– Vasundhara (1992)
• NTR National Award (2005) "Nutan Prasad gets NTR award" The Hindu

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Partial filmography

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Film debut
Chaaya
Mande Gundelu
Samajaniki Saval	Jaggu
1980
	Konte Mogudu Penki Pellam	Ahobilam
Prema Natakam	Prem Kumar
Jagannatha Rathachakralu	Govardhan
Kayyala Ammayi Kalavari Abbayi	Mukkoti
Idhi Kaadu Mugimpu	Prajapathi Rao
Kalyana Veena
Chattaniki Veyyi Kallu	Maavullayya
Mayagadu	Bhushanam
Rajkumar
1984	Koteeswarudu	Paratparam aka Small Boss
	Kondaveeti Nagulu	Muddukrishna
	Bhale Ramudu	Kanaka Rao
	Dandayatra
1985
	Kongumudi	Anjaneyulu
	Nyayam Meere Cheppali
	Vijetha
	Visha Kanya
	Sri Katna Leelalu	Neelakantham
	Alaya Deepam
	Bangaru Chilaka	Balaram
	Pattabhishekam
	Dongallo Dora
	Kattula Kondayya
Srimathi Kanuka
Kondaveeti Raja
Padaharella Ammayi
Captain Nagarjun
Kashmora
Prema Gharshana
Krishna Garadi
Santhi Nivasam
Hanthakudi Veta
Daada
Dayamayudu
Maa Inti Maharaju
Rocky
Raktha Tilakam
Bandipotu	Lawyer Ramanaidu
Chattamto Chadarangam	Simhadri Appanna
Preminchi Choodu	David Gopal Rao
Chalaki Mogudu Chadastapu Pellam	Proprietor Krishna
Chennapatnam Chinnollu	Koko, Konaseema Kodandam
Surya IPS
Alexander
Kodukulu
Sri Ramulayya
Sivanna
Ninne Premistha
2011	Shrimathi		Kannada film

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